the various Stargates Definitely good options. Farscape? Right, yeah - heard of. I think we want something slightly less... camp? I don't know much about it. My dad, brother, and I are starting Stranger Things, but my mom doesn't want to watch something quite so creepy. I want to recommend The Expa...

I remember seeing this a few years ago. It seemed like it was made in the 90s. I remember three or so people from different fields, and they were in a castle or some kind of fort by the sea or something, walking around. I think at least one was a woman. They were having a long conversation about va...

Can't bury lines where it freezes ... you know, I never considered that. Why is that? Is it simply because if there's a break in the line, you won't be able to reach it until the ground thaws? Or does the ground freezing noticably deform the lines and risk breakage? Living in Alberta, I'm used to p...

He did the first thing, at least Also this article calls into question the usefulness of his new longer ban http://www.newsweek.com/2017/02/17/donald-trump-drain-swamp-lobbyists-553809.html Excerpt behind the spoiler, with relevant points about the new loopholes and old problems. It’s true that Trum...

Dude, I know a losing argument when I see one. I don't see any point in trying to defend myself against your accusations. In my defense I meant the 'braindead' comment for the general you, as in 'anyone'. No one is requiring you to reply to me. Least of all, me. If Trump ever does drain the swamp, ...

Wow, so 45 talked about the problems with Wall Street and said he'd drain the swamp in the same breath, but taking someone from Goldmann Sachs and putting them in charge of the Treasury is a fulfillment of his promise to drain the swamp? Ok, glad at least the voters know how to pivot. He's put his f...

Sure, Dubya was an idiot and he was manipulated by fascists, but he made some effort to govern. I think people calling W a fascist were mostly crying wolf, and just pissed about his policies. W really was never a threat to American democratic norms, institutional trust etc. etc. Trump on the other ...

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Yes he was a terrible Presidential candidate. I'd basically pick Rick Perry over the next 5 options that were offered to me in the 2016 election. That's not an argument for Rick Perry, though, you just say that you like him, that's just an argument that you have horrible opinions. Are you in Texas,...

Rick Perry has a long history of governance in a state that has voted some real idiots into the governorship (cough*GWBush*cough) so, whatever. Yes he was a terrible Presidential candidate. If you think otherwise you are braindead. Texas has some real good industry in it. You have got me there. I se...

Actually shitstain, my side 'lost' an election before, back in 2000 when the supreme court gave the win to the loser, and then when he got reelected. This kind of tearing down of the government didn't happen. Not to this extreme extent. But back then the Senate still contained some people who though...

Pivoting happens in politics a great deal. And it's something that can be done now, not a last election thing. No I know that, except it doesn't happen half as much as people suggest that it does. Every pundit said Trump was going to pivot to less-fascist policies. He uh, did exactly not that. Now ...

Best case scenario involves a plane crash, a time machine, three rubber ducks, and none of this ever happening. Or he can shuffle through his possible choices getting confirmation on none for months and we have Acting Directors who were mostly appointed by Obama and 45 does nothing but watch TV and ...

I think they picked DeVos because she had the most constituent recognition and the dems saw her as the easiest one to stop. For all the money she's spent buying influence, she's now known nationally for not being qualified for her office. Good job, Betsy. I wish Democrats had blocked every unqualifi...

Warren was kind of shut down, which is not the greatest. Mitch McConnell should be ashamed of himself for crying Rule 19 on Senator Warren. If she had been up there trying to fillibuster by calling a fellow senator's character in to question repeatedly, fine, but holy shit, this was a hearing about...

I don't know, can some people admit that the democrats aren't going to pivot right cause any farther right and we'd be republicans and also that Trump didn't win the popular vote? I can't wait for this thread to stop re-hashing shit. By which I mean I am going to start cutting out off-topic posts if...

The customs and border guys were the most disorganized, uninformed group of Americans of all lately. They got no special information and were just as blindsided as the rest of us by the ban and had no idea how or when to enforce it.

Isn't Rick Perry in charge of the agency that keeps tabs on our nukes? That feels really safe. Better or worse than if it were Chandler Bing? Miss Chanander Bong for President Make America America America So, immediately after 45's 'totally not a muslim ban' Muslim Ban, we saw a horrific shooting i...

This stuff scares me too and I'm not even living in the US. If this bullshit keeps on going I'm genuinely scared it's going to escalate into a civil war. And a civil war in a country where everybody (stereotypically) has firearms cannot end well.If Europe already has troubles dealing with refugees ...

I feel like that's exactly what 45 has been saying, yes. He wants to work with Russia (because they're paying him in Rosneft shares) and work with Assad(because Russia likes Assad) and he wants to "take the oil" from Iraq. Probably from more places than Iraq, but he specifically said he wo...

Based on his experience he's only qualified to start wars over oil (guess what we're gonna be at war over? It's Oil!) So, immediately after 45's 'totally not a muslim ban' Muslim Ban, we saw a horrific shooting in Quebec(and Fox News insisting that a muslim did it, right up until Quebec's mayor call...

Rex Tillerson really, really SEEMS like the devil, having worked for Exxon Mobil and embraced the whole 'who cares about the planet' theme that conservatives love so much, but I will give him one thing. I guarantee he's a better negotiator than 45. Maybe Rex will spend the first few months of his ti...

In the 11 years since I had my first IUD, (Chester Copperpot the Paragard) I made friends with a yoga enthusiast and have worked on the whole self-calming thing. I think that had a non-zero impact on my ability to focus my relaxation and breathe through having one thing yanked out and another put in...

Why is no one talking about this? I realize it wasn't exactly a slow news day yesterday, but still. SEAL, American Girl Die in First Trump-Era U.S. Military Raid In what an official said was the first military raid carried out under President Donald Trump, two Americans were killed in Yemen on Sund...

News reports lead me to believe that this is actually 45 failing at selecting a 'very pro-life' judge. Unless you think corporations are people and you mean those lives. So is this his first breaking of a campaign promise? Of course there could be wayyyy worse picks for this, but the person barely m...

It's a moot point, I guarantee you the Democrats couldn't pull off a block anyway. How could they? (Serious question, I don't know how that works. Could they keep blocking every nomination?) It's possible they could if 41 Democrats join a fillibuster. It gets really wonky after that and I'm not 100...

It's a moot point, I guarantee you the Democrats couldn't pull off a block anyway. How could they? (Serious question, I don't know how that works. Could they keep blocking every nomination?) It's possible they could if 41 Democrats join a fillibuster. It gets really wonky after that and I'm not 100...

The last thing we need is another far-right SCOTUS judge. I hope he gets fully blocked by the Democrats. Not so much because I think 45 doesn't deserve a nominee, but he'd probably have gotten one anyway since the age of a couple of the judges is advanced. Rather because fuck the Republicans in Cong...

I only had the opportunity to go because a space opened up in a car. Otherwise I would possibly have made it to the one in my state capitol, not sure. It is awesome you are making a pussy hat. I did not, pink is not my color and I have a hat that is a goat so I wore that one. I am looking forward to...